Women constitute forty-five percent of the Mexican “migrants” in the United States
09 Mar 2010 09:49 AM PST

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El Sol de Mexico (Ciudad de México) 3-8-10

Fortyfive percent of the Mexicans in the United States are women who live in very poor conditions, according to a Federal Government official.

Nearly 5.3 million Mexican women live in the United States without papers. California and Texas are the preferred states for establishing residence with Illinois, Georgia, New York, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Washington.

Of the Mexicans more than 24 years old, 60% do not have upper level
education (above 6th grade) while 13% of migrants from other regions of the world and 10% of U.S. citizens have the same level of education. Seven percent of Mexicans in the USA have university educations.

The government points to the international economic crisis impacting Mexican “migrants” with unemployment at 14.6 percent. Some 63% of the “migrants” are employed in maintenance, cleaning, food preparation, agriculture and manufacturing, while 13% are executives, professionals and technicians.

Less than 98% of the Mexicans in the United States take root and settle as aliens.

(Translator’s note: The Mexican government and the Mexican media make no distinction as to legality and illegality of its citizens in the USA. So, the above statement; “Less than 98% of the Mexicans in the USA take root and settle as aliens”, also means, “A little more than 2% of Mexicans who migrate legally and illegally to the United States ever intend to return to Mexico”.)

A common theme among the major newspapers in Mexico today has to do with the inequality and abuse of women, unequal pay, domestic violence and disparity in society.